NPR

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Bruce Handy's new book takes an emotional, intuitive look at the world of children's books, from Goodnight Moon to Charlotte's Web, which he calls "a mastery novel of ideas" about life and death.

Fortean Times

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It is a commonplace among fairyists that the fairies seen today in midnight walks are not the same as those seen 800 or even 100 years ago. Twenty-first century fairies are smaller: they are often doll-sized, or even butterfly-sized. They frequently

ImagineFX

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LOCATION: England MEDIA: Photoshop WEB: www.artstation.com/alexandracurte “I’ve been painting my whole life and the fantasy genre is my favourite,” says Alexandra. “I’ve always loved fairy tales and all things magic and folklore, which can be found i

Chat It's Fate

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Although the Hope Diamond is the most famous cursed diamond in the world, it’s not the only one. Diamond superstitions exist in folklore and mythology from all around the world. A traditional Eastern superstition is that the possession of extremely l

ASIAN Geographic

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A folk tale is a story passed down from generation to generation, often by word of mouth. Folk tales are inherently embedded in a culture, and in the modern world, as the tradition of oral storytelling has givenway to books and television, such tales

You South Africa

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WHEN we talk of fairytales we’re referring to short stories that usually involve a prince or princess who lives in an undefined place – a kingdom far, far away. The stories include fantasy creatures such as fairies, giants, elves, dragons and mermaid

Chat It's Fate

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In the UK, we’ve got the Beast of Bodmin, Black Shucks and the Loch Ness monster – just a few of the weird and wonderful entities that are the stuff of British folklore and fairy tales. Other countries have their own crazy creatures – and they’re eve

SFX

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Pick of the paperbacks this month? Perhaps veteran author M John Harrison’s latest, THE SUNKEN LAND BEGINS TO RISE AGAIN ( , out now, Gollancz). An oblique book, concerned with a lack of connection, it follows two Londoners whose lives become tinged

Total Film

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How would you describe Tristan? Eccentric? You’re correct! It’s a very eccentric and solitary character and in a children’s film, villainy and antagonism are interesting forces to play with. I’ve been thinking that as a genre, children’s literature a

CrossStitcher

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The Grimms’ Fairy Tales Stitch-A-Long design is now complete! Over the past year designer Amanda Butler has created a stunning sampler containing 12 much-loved Grimms’ Fairy Tales characters. If you enjoyed stitching it then turn over the page and yo

BBC Countryfile Magazine

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by Lisa Schneidau The author uses her ecologist training to add depth to old tales from Britain’s woods and forests. A beguiling retelling of many overlooked legends. by Amy Jeffs A creative exploration of legend and landscape – myths of homeland, lo

Psychologies

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I was thrilled to see that you opened The Fix pages of the April issue with a paragraph about fierce mythological women. It is fabulous to see strong women celebrated in mythology, when in our culture we typically read fairy tales in which women and

Getaway

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An extraordinary Giant Kite Festival takes place every year on The Day of the Dead in a cemetery in Sumpango, Guatemala. It’s believed the kites create a connection between the spirits of the dead and their families here on Earth, with messages attac

All About History

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A common trope in fairy and folk tales is magical protection. This can take the form of an enchanted object, such as a hero’s shield, or it can take the form of a space or place, like the mythical Isle of Avalon in Arthurian myth, sheltered from the

Empire Australasia

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As commander of the fairy law enforcement unit Lower Elements Police (also known, genuinely, as ‘LEPrecon’) in this Disney fantasy, Dame Judi Dench is a tough cookie. Clap your hands if you believe in justice! Sure, this gang of motorcyclists are le

Chat It's Fate

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If your Valentine’s Day wish includes a well-endowed lover, then you’re not alone! The Daily Star reports that Women in Thailand have been flocking to a bizarre ‘penis park’ to hug giant sculptures of phalluses, in the belief that this will bring the

CrossStitcher

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“Many of the beloved fairy tales we know today were compiled or adapted for a modern audience by the Brothers Grimm. The brothers, Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm and Wilhelm Carl Grimm, were two German scholars, born in the late 18th century. Their book, Gr

ASIAN Geographic

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Today, as most people’s lives revolve around technology, folk tales have long since fallen out of fashion, as if a remnant of a past world long forgotten. We live in an age of science and reason where oral traditions that once helped make sense of li

Literary Hub

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Aaron Mahnke—the creator, writer, and voice of Lore—is having a busy October. The podcast at the centre of that buzz has slowly become a juggernaut, with some 6 million bi-monthly listeners, a brand-new Amazon series from the executive producer of Th

ASIAN Geographic

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Storytelling is common to every culture, and storytellers have catered to the desire for a “good story” since the beginning of civilisation. We encounter stories daily, whether through the bedtime stories we read as children, parents and grandparents

The Caravan

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In the 1970s, when the bazaars first came to Uttarakhand’s Munsyari village, people began to purchase grain instead of growing it. Barley, one of the crops native to the region, slowly diminished in quantity and purpose. Rekha Rautela, who wrote abou

PLAY

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Sure, most of them are bloodthirsty spirits, but they’re a fascinating, if aggressive, insight to Japan’s wonderful mythical creatures. Take your time to explore the parks and shrines nestled in the city; there might be items hidden there that can h

Chat It's Fate

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AScottish psychic snapped a photo of a ‘girl ghost’ at a castle where she’d smelled ‘rotting meat.’ 23-year old Bethany McPherson was visiting Lennox Castle in Scotland when she had the experience. She told the Daily Record that, during the trip, s

Pretoria News Weekend

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MORE than 250 candidates are in the running for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The list includes some of the world’s foremost creators of literature for children and young people, as well as reading promoters. South Africa is represented among t

Cinema Scope

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Just past the midpoint of Alexandre Koberidze’s What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? the narrative pauses for a five-minute montage of children playing European football on the blacktop of a fenced-in basketball court. Accompanied by Gianna Nannin

Writing Magazine

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Unpublished or self published Black-British writers are invited to submit children’s fiction for the Jericho Prize. This has two prizes of £500 plus development opportunities with industry editorial and design experts. The chief aim of the competitio

Wanderlust

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Babies conceived under the lights will be lucky The Chinese and Japanese believe children conceived under the lights will be blessed with good fortune – and good looks. The lights ease the pain of childbirth …according to Icelandic folklore, th

Total Girl

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Could witches actually exist? Are fairy tales not tales at all but relics of a the not-too-distant past? These questions and more are on Roxy’s mind ever since she moved into the Soup Ministry’s servant quarters with her sister Gretel. The Soup Minis

Woman

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As I turn the pages of the book, I love the expressions of my three sons, eight, six and four – lost in the magic of the tale. After years of missing out on bedtime stories, I relish this. What makes it even more special is that this book was written

Writing Magazine

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AM Ink is a US small press which publishes biographies, children’s books, novels and short story collections. The editorial team also publish anthologies and have two imprints, Dark Ink, which publishes ‘an elite line of horror themed books’ of which